A similar elm and iron mounted ecclesiastical bell headstock
and another smaller bell headstock
the smaller 30cm high by 81cm wide
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Used over many centuries in Christian churches around the world, the bell is suspended from a headstock which can swing on bearings. A rope is tied to a wheel or lever on the headstock, and hangs down to the bell
ringer. To ring the bell, the ringer pulls on the rope, swinging the bell. The motion causes the clapper to strike the inside of the bell rim as it swings, thereby sounding the bell. Some bells have full-circle wheels, which is used to
swing the bell through a larger arc, such as in the United Kingdom where full-circle ringing is practised.
See lot 129
Garden Furniture
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